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The Terminator joined Prime Video on November 1.
More than forty years on, its gun store scene is still one of the most quoted in film.
Released
1984
Director
James Cameron
Starring
Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Michael Biehn
On Prime Video
Included with Prime
Shopping List From The Future
The Terminator walks into a Los Angeles gun shop and asks the clerk to show him everything.
Here is what he picks out.
AMT Hardballer Longslide
The .45 Long Slide with laser sighting. A stainless 1911-style pistol with an extended slide, and the most recognizable gun in the film.
Franchi SPAS-12
The 12-gauge autoloader. Its folding stock and military look made it a movie favorite through the 1980s and 1990s.
Uzi 9mm
The compact submachine gun shows up on the counter and comes back in the Tech Noir nightclub scene.
ArmaLite AR-180
A rifle taken from the rack, and a cousin of the AR-15 that used a short-stroke piston system.
The scene ends with the Terminator murdering the clerk.
It is a reminder that the villain is the one doing the killing, not the hardware.
Find The Real Thing
Looking at a 1911, a semi-auto shotgun or a piston rifle of your own?
Start with the Firearm Buyers Guide sister sites for each type.
Where To Watch
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